Talked to my Dad this weekend. He now lives in Pensacola, so I asked him who he planned to vote for in the Florida primary. He'd already voted, early, and absolutely not for Trump no way in hell GRRRRRRR!

I've known for a while that my ultra-conservative father despises Trump, but I find it causes some cognitive dissonance nevertheless. I know Trump is pushing all the right emotional buttons to appeal to somebody like my Dad, who sure seems to fit the trumpenvolken profile. But maybe now that Fox isn't pushing Trump, he's discerning Trump's ideological apostasy, particularly the slams at St. Wall Street ("the Democrats destroyed the economy, not the banks, dammit!"). He doesn't like that sort of thing one little bit, he'll tell you!

And he's not pleased with the Republican Establishment, either. As much as he hates Trump, he thinks it would be an outrage for the party bosses to overrule the "will of the people". Remarkable how many people don't understand how primaries and caucuses and conventions work.

His attitude toward the Party's potential disloyalty is no doubt a solid indicator that my father will vote for Trump in November if he's the nominee. He hates and fears Hillary more than he fears, and hates, Donald. He'll hold his nose and vote for him.

So endeth this dispatch from the far right field.